[Diabetes-talk] Question regardingVictoza

Tue Jul 26 02:43:34 UTC 2016

Usually the advice is to test two hours after a meal to test to see how any
carbs are affecting you.

Carbs are what affect blood sugars. Any food with carbs, healthy or not,
will affect blood sugars. Usually diabetics are given a certain carb amount
to eat at each meal, which is calculated with your insulin or medication
needs, whichever method you use. Chinese food, burgers and ice cream are
loaded with carbs, not to mention high in fat and calories. You can make
healthier options of these at home, but they will still have carbs, unless
you use no bread or wheat. Many sauces contain carbs too, like sweet and
sour sauce or ketchup. Dairy has carbs too, especially high sugar foods like
ice cream.

Try eating less, and doing low-carb, and see if you feel better. The wrong
foods can make us feel not great, and we don't even always realize it. Once
we eat healthy, we start to notice a difference. I've always ate pretty
healthy, but in the last few months, I cut wheat and grains out of my diet,
and I feel so much more energy and have less bloating and my sugars are even
better than before. I notice better stability with my sugars since doing
this.

Good luck.

Bridgit

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Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 7:21 PM
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Cc: Terri Stimmel <princessterri76 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Question regardingVictoza

Hello Bridget and Mike,

Thank you both for all of this great information. I really appreciate it.

Bridget, I had no idea that these foods could possibly do that to me. I find
it very fascinating. Thank you for letting me know. Well, when I was on the
Met Forman, I did have a better blood sugar control. But the side effects
were not worth it to me. I thought my doctor would've put me on another
medication, instead of just raising the other medication. But I guess he had
his reasons.
Anyway, I usually test in the morning, before I have anything to eat or
drink. Lately these numbers have been around 140, to 150. I'm hoping they
will drop some, because I like to have better A1 C's. My last A-1 C was 6.8.
They were not really too worried about this, because it was just a little
over the point of starting to lose control. I'm more concerned I think, then
they are.

Anyway, if I want to start testing at night, about how long should I wait
after I eat? Thank you again for all this help. I will keep you all posted
on what is going on. Right now I feel fine. Hopefully that will stay that
way.

Thank you again.

Terri

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> On Jul 25, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> That's an awful lot of food, especially carb-loaded food. Perhaps it's 
> the type of food you're eating. Do your glucose levels go up after eating?
> Chinese, burgers and ice cream are loaded with carbs. Could your 
> glucose levels be going high after eating such foods, causing your 
> stomach to feel bad? High sugars can cause symptoms like stomach aches 
> and nausea. Or maybe you have a gluten intolerance. Foods like this 
> are usually full of gluten, which would cause stomach  issues similar to
this as well.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 2:29 PM
> To: Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Terri Stimmel <princessterri76 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Question regardingVictoza
> 
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I have been taking extra Victoza for about a week now. I called my 
> doctor, because I have been having some stomach upset and heartburn. 
> This happened to me when I first started taking it or year ago. But it 
> was much worse then. Still feels pretty bad now, but not near as bad 
> as when I first started it.
> 
> Anyway, I forgot to ask them a question, and I was wondering if 
> someone on here might be able to answer it for me. Can this medication 
> cause you to not feel so hungry? I don't remember this from before. I 
> just remember how nauseated it made me. I'm a little nauseated now, 
> but not much. Anyway, I ate a little bit of Chinese food yesterday, 
> and an ice cream bar. Then later last night, around 9 o'clock, my 
> boyfriend and I went out to McDonald's. I had a double cheeseburger, 
> and a small Oreo Mc flurry. I feel so fool afterward! I basically felt 
> awful all night. I was tired, but I didn't want to lay down, because I 
> feel like my insides were being off world around. If that makes any 
> sense? It was an awful feeling! But it is a feeling I have had before. 
> Does anyone know what I am talking about question mark Does this happen?
> 
> Any help, or thoughts, would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Thank you so much!
> 
> Terri
> 
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